Review.
Burn The Sunset
‘Home’
9/10
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Words by Gary Cassidy
Glasgow has emerged in recent years, as the mouth of Scotland’s hardcore scene, with an ever-growing number of bands shoving their way into the live scene. However, one of the most promising bands at the forefront of this category, are about twenty five miles north up the A80.
Stirling quintet Burn The Sunset regularly wreak havoc across the UK - having shared the stage with some of the biggest names on the UK scene, such as While She Sleeps, Your Demise and Heights. They are most likely one of the hardest working bands on the circuit and three years of song writing and relentless gigging has finally culminated in debut album, ‘Home’.
The album begins with a hard hitting intro, named Home, pt. 1, which is one minute of pure melodic, instrumental aggression, packed to the brim with ear shattering guitar riffs and a brutal breakdown, setting the rest of this album up perfectly as Andy Bruce’s unforgiving vocals blast in for one of the stand out songs of this album, Moving On. The string section of Duncan Fyfe, Jonathan Almond, and Jack Sullivan create beautiful melodies here, shifting the dynamics of the song as a unit, which both compliment and contrast the aggression and hatred assaulting our ears by Callum Bain’s perfectly rhythmic, but absolutely ferocious assault on his drum kit.
This release is packed with wonderful noises, notably in Insincere and Lonely & Defeated – however, The Changing Of Times, is the pick of the bunch. It is very typically BTS - aggressive, energetic, loud, melodic. The outro, Home, pt.2 is the perfect culmination of this album, as it literally sums up just about every trait that this band possess, and the fade out keeps us holding on for more.
Burn The Sunset sound like no other band you’ve heard before, but the sheer strength and grit of Andy Bruce’s vocals make him comparable to Lawrence Taylor (While She Sleeps) and Jesse Barnett (Stick To Your Guns) on occasion. The only critique here, is the slightly grainy production audible on the riffs, however the potential of this album is not in doubt – ‘Home’ will surely fire Burn The Sunset even further into the limelight, and if they keep up the hard work, I’m pretty sure the Central Scotland Mosh Crew won’t cease to evolve.
